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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1955
Page
7
In Bessemer, Alabama a brunette in a Bikini is held in jail as Myrtle a pasteboard paper doll. A jealous wife demanded arrest after learning Myrtle was used by a beer distributor to stage photographs of customers. Police chief Mullen considers warrants and proper charges.
In Washington Dixon H. Dixon president of the Mississippi Valley Generating Co faces the Senate anti monopoly subcommittee. Senator Kefauver accuses him of illegal dual public utility holding without prior Federal Power Commission approval. Dixon denies any law violation.
Berryville friends report the death of Edith Meadow on July 27 at her Coronado California home. She moved to California in May after five years in Berryville and was buried August 1 at Glen Abbey Cemetery in San Diego. She leaves two daughters in California.
Eighty patients in Mandeville Hospital trial of pyridyl carbinal show minimal hair growth after months of treatment. A hospital spokesman calls results a washout though final panels will review photographs and assess the outcome.
Red Cross Water Safety program begins Monday at 9 a.m. at Willow Lawn Pool with boys and girls enrolled asked to arrive by 8 45. Beginners and intermediates train from 9 to 11 for three weeks through Friday. Weather warns class cancellations via station WINC. Mrs Joyce Butler McKee directs with assistants Carol Campbell and Judy Anderson.
In Memphis City Judge B R Boushe's court a man was found guilty after warning motorists of a radar speed trap. His lawyers said they would appeal seeking a higher court ruling to set a Tennessee precedent.
Last week J. W. Evans was fined 11 for speeding. A radar crew later found him waving a cardboard sign reading radar, charged with disorderly conduct. The charge was amended to interfering with an officer in the line of duty. Judge Boushe fined Evans 16. The dispute centered on interference with police duties versus radar enforcement.
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